Priscus (counter-emperor)

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Lucius (?) Priscus († 250 / 251 ) was a Roman governor and anti-emperor.

Priscus was probably governor ( praeses ) of the province of Thracia . In 250/251 he defended Philippopolis against the Goths under Kniva , but could not hold the city despite brave resistance . After taking the city (second half of the year 250 or spring 251), the Goths raised Priscus to the position of anti-emperor in order to be able to better fight Emperor Decius . Declared an enemy of the state ( hostis ) by the Senate , Priscus was soon slain. Priscus fell into the damnatio memoriae .

It is very likely that Priscus can be identified with Titus Iulius Priscus, the governor of Thracia 249/50.

Priscus is not the same as the Praetorian prefect Gaius Iulius Priscus under Emperor Philip Arabs .

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literature

  • Prosopographia Imperii Romani (PIR )² P 971
  • Jana Grusková, Gunther Martin : A new piece of text from the “Scythica Vindobonensia” on the events after the conquest of Philippopolis. In: Tyche 29, 2014, pp. 29–43 ( PDF ).
  • Jana Grusková, Gunther Martin: On the attack of the Goths under Kniva on a Thracian city ( Scythica Vindobonensia, f. 195v). In: Tyche 30, 2015, pp. 35-53 ( online ).